(www.neomundo.com.ar) the balanced diet is fundamental to health, to the point that postmenopausal women who do not eat properly are at high risk of developing anemia, concluded a new investigation.
“Overall mortality increases with anemia.” “In addition, this disease is associated with a reduced capacity for physical labour, physical inactivity, injuries related to falls and the International Hospital, so anemia should be taken into account to aging”, said Cynthia Thomson, of the University of Arizona, Tucson (United States).
LA ANEMIA
the most common cause of anemia is the lack of iron, a mineral present in legumes, eggs, liver, meat, certain types of fish and seafood, among other foods. This nutrient is used to produce hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells from the blood whose function is to distribute the oxygen to all the cells in the body.
When there is no sufficient hemoglobin oxygen fails in the required quantities and therefore symptoms such as weakness, fatigue, dizziness, irritability and cold.
Food that oxygenates
The authors worked with 72.833 postmenopausal women and analysed their eating habits, discussed what nutrients are missing and viewing this information with the incidence of anaemia. Thomson observed that the volunteers with a nutrient deficiency had a 21% increased risk of anemia, while the danger rose to 44% in those with deficiencies in three nutrients.
Should “be increased effort to identify anaemia caused by modifiable risk factors, such as diet, to improve the health of the population.” “It is also important to regularly monitor the possible presence of this pathology in postmenopausal women, who should also receive advice on food to include nutrients similar to anemia,” concluded the authors.
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